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PIAZZI, Giuseppe, Italian astronomer,

n. 758.

PICA, genus of birds, XV. 284. PICACHO DE LA SIERRA, mountain,

Venezuela, xxiv. 139. PlCARD, Jean, French astronomer, II.

755 ; his measurement of arc of the

meridian, vn. 597. PlCARDS (Beghards, q.v.), religious sect,

in Bohemia, I. 140. PlCARDY, province, France, xix. 79. PICARL-E, group of birds, xviil. 47. PICCADILLY, London, xiv. 847. PlCCl, Gio Antonio, Sienese historian,

xxii. 43.

PICCINI, Niecola, Italian musical com poser, Xix. 79; xvn. 95. PICCOLO, flute, ix. 350. PICCOLOMINI, vEneas Sylvius (Pope Pius

II.), xix. 152; xxii. 41, 43. PiCCOLPASSO, Cipriano, on majolica

ware, xix. 625.

PlCEA, genus of trees, IX. 224. PlCENTES, ancient Italian people, XXI.

128; xxill. 723. PlCENUM, ancient district, Italy, xni.

444, 447- PlCHEGRU, Charles, French general,

xix. 79; ix. 606; in. 130; his invasion

of Holland, xn. 82. PICHICIAGO, edentate mammal, v. 676;

xv. 387. PICHINCHA, mountain, Ecuador, vn.

645; xx. 189. PICK, mining implement, XVI. 444.

, Edward, on mnemonics, xvi. 533.

PICKEREL, fish, xix. 89.

PICKERING, Prof., his method of stellar

photometry, xviil. 841. CASTLE, Yorkshire, England, xxiv.

749-

PICKLES, xix. 80. PICKWICK PAPERS, Dickens s novel,

vii. 175. Pico, island, Azores, in. 172.

, mountain, Vermont, U.S.A., XXIII.

792. , Giovanni, of Mirandola, Italian

philosopher, XIX. 80. PICOTEE, plant, xii. 254; xix. 106. PICOTITE, mineral, xvi. 386. PICR^ENA, genus of plants, xx. 160. PICRIC ACID, v. 85; vm. 808. PICROLITE, mineral, xvi. 414. PICROPHYLL, mineral, xvi. 414. PiCROSMlNE, mineral, xvi. 414. PICTET, Raoul, his liquefaction of gases,

Xix. 245; his apparatus, xii. 434. PlCTON, Sir Thomas, British general,

Xix. 81. PICTONES, tribe of ancient France, xix.

282. PICTOR, Q. Fabius, Roman historian,

vm. 836; xiv. 728. PlCTOU, town, Nova Scotia, xvn. 603;

island, xvn. 601. PICTS, ancient people, Scotland, iv. 353,

663; vm. 265; xxi. 473, 476; of

Irish legend, xm. 244. PICTS HOUSES, n. 339; in Orkney and

Shetland, n. 384; xvn. 848. PICTURE-FRAME MAKING, v. 170. PICTURE GALLERIES, of Europe, xxi.

444- PICTURE-WRITING, vn. 447; Mexican,

xvi. 212.

PlCULETS, group of birds, XXIV. 652. PlCUS, genus of birds, XXIV. 651; III.

716; in Roman mythology, xv. 570. PlDHAVRO, town, Greece, vin. 476. PIDURU TALAGALA, mountain, Ceylon,

v - 359- PIE, or Magpie, bird, xv. 284; xni.

610. PIEDMONT, region, North Italy, xix.

8 1 ; dialect of, xin. 493 ; under

Cavour, v. 275. , House of, Italian dynasty, Xin.

483- ^

, Kingdom of, Italy, Xin. 486. PIEDMONTITE, mineral, xvi. 409. PIEDMONT PLATEAU, North Carolina

and Virginia, U.S.A., xvn. 559; xxiv.

256. PlEPOWDER COURTS, England, VIII.

849.

PiER, Harbour, XI. 455, 465.

PIERCE, Franklin, president of the

United States, xix. Si; xxni. 770. PLOWMAN S CREDE, anonymous

poem, xiv. 285.

PIERIA, district, Macedonia, xv. 137. PIERO DE FRANCESCHI, Italian painter,

xix. 82; xxi. 435.

PIERPOINT, John, American poet, I. 722. PIERRE DE PROVENCE ET LA BELLE

MAGUELONNE, romance, xx. 658. PIERRES PERDUES, in harbours, XL

464. PlERSON, Abraham, one of the founders

of Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A., xvn.

371- PIERS THE PLOWMAN, Vision of William

concerning, Langland s poem, XIV.

285, 811; xxi. 319, 740; lines from,

quoted, I. 586. PIETE, Mont de, national pawnbroking

establishment, Paris, xviil. 283. PIETER BOTTE, mountain, Mauritius,

xv. 639.

PlETERMARITZBURG, town, Natal, I.

270; xvn. 240. PIETISM, German religious movement,

xix. 83; ix. 702; x. 532; xx. 289;

xxii. 392; influence of, v. 695; in

Halle university, xxm. 847. PIETRA DURA, variety of mosaic, xni.

Si. PIETRO, Giovanni di (Lo Spagna),

Italian painter, xxii. 292. DE FRANCESCHI, Italian painter,

xix. 82; xxi. 435. - IMPERIOLA, prefect of Rome, xx.

789.

PlETROSS, mountain, Transylvania,

xxni. 521.

PIETROZZA, mountain, Austria, in. 116. PIEZOMETER, for measuring compression

of liquids, xv. 745; XVIIL 549; xxni.

292. PIG, xxn. 773; diseases of the, xxiv.

205, 206; as an unclean animal, xxni.

18. PIGALLE, Jean Baptiste, French sculptor,

xix. 84. PIGAULT-LEBRUN, Charles Antoine

Guillaume, French novelist, xix. 84. PIGEON, bird, xix. 84, 647; vn. 379;

peculiarities in breeds of, iv. 246, 247;

carrier, vn. 379.

ENGLISH, jargon spoken by China men, v. 38.

ISLAND, West Indies, xxi. 186.

PIGEON-POST, xix. 581. PIGEON-SHOOTING, xxi. 833. PlG-lRON, xni. 306; qualities of, xni.

284. PIGMENTS, xix. 85; in animal tissues,

I. 851; in plants, XIX. 52; in fungi,

IX. 828; from lichens, xiv. 559; of

copper, vi. 351; colours from mixture

of, xiv. 600; for pottery, xix. 643; for

water-colour painting, XVIIL 139. PlGNATELLl, Antonio (Pope Innocent

XII.), xin. 85. PlGNEAUX DE BETAINE, bishop in

Tong-Kiiig, xxni. 440. PlGNORlS CAPIO, in Roman law, xx.

685. PIGOT, Thomas, English musician, xvn.

89.

PIGOTT S COMET, vi. 192. PlG-RAT, rodent mammal, xvn. 5. PIG-STICKING, sport, xn. 396. PIGTAIL TOBACCO, xxni. 426. PIH-TUN-TSZE, porcelain earth, xiv. 90. PIKE, fish, xix. 88; xn. 693; parasite

in, xxill. 540; angling for, II. 44. , William, on steam cultivation, I.

317- , Zebulon M., explorer of New

Mexico, xvn. 401. PIKE-PERCH, fish, xix. 89. PIKE S PEAK, Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.,

xxni. 796. PILAR, Villa, town, Paraguay, xvm.

244. PILASTER, in architecture, n. 469;

Egyptian, n. 391; PILATE, Pontius, Roman governor of

Judaea, xix. 89; xin. 668. PILATRE DE ROZIER, Frangois, aero naut, I. 1 88, 191. PILCHARD, fish, xix. 90; xn. 694 ;

fisheries, VI. 426; IX. 253, 254. PILCOMAYO, river, South America, xix.

1 88. PILE, in heraldry, XI. 696.

- FABRICS, cloth, xxiv. 467. PILES, in bridge-building, IV. 327.

, disease, xi. 366; xxii. 684.